There is a continuing incomprehension between advocates of nonproliferation policy and nuclear power development. 

Congress wants to know if the National Nuclear Security Administration needs a change in governance, so they've appointed a panel.

While we’re trying to evaluate the claims of chemical weapon use in Syria and how much 20% enriched uranium Iran has where and whether North Korea is planning another test, it’s helpful to look back at how intelligence developed for other situations.

On Friday April 19^th Russian President Putin and Egyptian President Morsi met in Suchi to discuss expanded cooperation and trade. As part of the discussion, Egypt broached the idea of working with the Russian government agency Rosatom.

M. J. Chung, a member of the South Korean parliament, showed the Carnegie Conference last week that North Korea isn’t the only one rattling sabers. 

The feared 75% cut to the budget for constructing the mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facility in South Carolina did not happen. The cut may be 53% or it may be 27%, depending on whose calculations you read. 

Many organizations that oppose nuclear power also oppose MOX. That isn’t surprising. What is surprising is that these organizations also oppose nuclear weapons. 

Across-the-board sequestration cuts take effect April 1. No movement is being made by Congress or the President to avoid the impact. This may be just a warmup for FY2014.

How to dispose of weapons plutonium has been an issue since the drawdown of nuclear weapons began. The controversy continues.

The nuclear weapons have been disassembled, the pits have gone to the ARIES line to be converted to plutonium oxide powder, and the plutonium oxide is canned and ready to transport to the fuel element manufacturing facility.  

After a nuclear weapon is disassembled, what happens to the plutonium?

In the late 1980s, the world held over 70,000 nuclear warheads. Now we’re down to more like 17,000. Where did 53,000 nuclear warheads go?

Do you ever read the IAEA safeguards reports and think they are written in gibberish? That is because the nuclear safeguard community has their own language and culture. I reviewed the most recent report IAEA report published in Feb. 2013, and try to make clear where Iran stands on their 20% uranium enrichment and how close Iran is to what Israeli PM Netanyahu referred to as the “red line” for attack.

Today’s big news is that Iran and the P5+1 have agreed to further talks. That’s important because the only way the sides will reach agreement is through detailed talks out of the public eye.

The modernization of Britain’s nuclear submarine force and warhead design is facing a recurrent theme amongst nuclear weapon states  – deterrence vs deficit.